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No. 882,718.- .PatentedM-ay 15, v1.888.

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UNITED n STATESA PATENT OFFICE.

AMBRosIUs Monnier AND AUeUsT LEUKHARDT, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

FLATIRON HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming par: of Leners Patent No. 382.718. atea May Is,laas- Application filed September 30, 188i.V Serial No. 251,147. (Nomodel.)

.To all-whom t may concerne Beit known that we, AMnRosIUs lMonnier andAUoUsr LEUKHARDT, citizens ofA the United States, residing atIndianapolis, in the 5 county of .Marion and State of Indiana, have linvented certain new and useful Improvements in Flat-Iron Heaters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to flat-iron heaters 1o such as are used inconnection with ordinary cooking or heating stoves that are providedwith removable lids or covers.

Figure l is a perspective view of our heating device; Fig. 2, a verticalcrosssection I5 tlrough the same, and Fig. 3 a top view or p an.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

From a circular base, B, rises the hollow 2o pyramidical ironholder A.The greater the number of sides of said holder the more irons it willaccommodate, the irons with theirbottorn sides resting against theslanting sides of the holder, and with their ends against the 2 5outward-extending base B.

In Fig. 2the irons I are shown in dotted lines. The base B, being inshape of a threesided annular ring with solid horizontal top andvertical vflanges, forms with the holder 3o A, which rises from thebottomof the inner iange of the base B, the sunk recesses E El allaround the base of the holder A, in 'which recesses the-sharpends of theflat-irons rest. rlhe outer flange of the base B fits and partly whilethe rim D, projecting out horizontally from the outer flange of the baseB, some distance above its lower edge, holds the entire device in itsright position with the stove-plate by preventing it 4o from droppingdown too far into th'e stove, lateral displacement on the stovev platebeing made impossible by the downward-extending onter flange of the baseB. l

Into the hollowinterior of the iron-holder 45 A extends down from itstop a socket, S, open at the top, forming a receptacle to receivecrimping or curling irons, tongs, or the like that are to be heated, thetop opening of said socket S being shaped in such a manner that 5o anordinary stove-lid lifter will iit into the same.

When the devicedescribedis to be used,

The flat-irons are then placed in position,

resting with their bottom sides against the slanting sides of theiron-holder A, and with their pointed ends in the recesses E E of thebase B. As many irons can be put on at one timel as the holder hassides. The lire and heat rising up intothe hollow heater A thor# oughlyheats the sides of the heater, and the bottom surface of the flat-ironsresting against said sides,while the heat striking into the annular ringor base B also thoroughly heats the ends of the irons.

To prevent the fire and heat from passing underneath the heater out tothe flue without going up into and heating the device, that portion r ofthe outer flange of the base B which is nearest to the smoke-outlet isen; larged in depth, so as to extend down from the stove-plate into thefire-passage, thus re.

tarding the outward draft of the heat and forcing the same up into theheater.

'Io give heavy irons that may be used with our heater a firmer hold andprevent them fromtippingover,theupwardproiectingshoul ders c c are castonto the top of. the base B,

while the shoulders F F on the edges ofthe holder A knear its topprevent any lateral displacement of the irons; and to keep irons withsharp points on both ends in position,V on the sides of the heater A thevertical grooves g g are vcast in the inner ange of the base B, the

iron resting with one of its pointed ends iu said groove, whilethe otherend lies against one of the projecting shoulders F, near the top of theholder A.

The entire device is made of cast-iron, light, durable, and alwaysclean, as no dust, starch, or the like can collect on ,the sides of theholder. It can be used with -all kinds of cooking or heating stovesthatare provided with vstove-holes.

. Having 'thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is j l. A flat-iron heater consisting ofthe hollow pyramidical iron-holder A, having an imperforate top, theannular base B, the outwardprojecting rim D, and the downward-extend- Intestimony whereof we have signed om' ing flange T, all arrangedasdescribed, and for names to this specification in the presence of tothe purpose specified. two subscribing Witnesses.

2. Alab-iron heater consisting of bhe hollow A MBROSIUS MODERY.pyramidicaliron-holder A, having an imper- AUGUST LEUKHARDT. fontetop,thebaseB, constructed as described, Witnesses: and the socket S5 forreceiving a curling-iron THEODORE LANGBEIN, or the stovelid lifter, asspecified. ROBERT P. DAGGETT.

